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Shani Jayanti 2027: Friday, 4 June 2027
Krishna Amavasya · amanta Vaishakha · computed for New Delhi
Shani Jayanti in 2027 falls on Friday, 4 June 2027. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Vaishakha — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Jyeshtha.
Why Shani Jayanti Is on 4 June in 2027
The Amavasya begins at 04:05 on 4 June 2027 and ends at 01:10 on 5 June 2027. The 2027 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Shani Jayanti tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 4 June 2027 the Sun rises at 05:23 and sets at 19:15 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 4 June 2027 is the day.
In 2027 the Amavasya lasts 21 hours 5 minutes, against 20 hours 20 minutes in 2026 and 23 hours 36 minutes in 2028: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 13 hours 52 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 01:10 on 5 June 2027, with the Moon in Taurus and Rohini.
The daily panchang for 4 June 2027 gives Amavasya at sunrise; the day before, Krishna Trayodashi; the day after, Shukla Pratipada. At that sunrise the yoga is Sukarma and the karana Chatushpada. The panchang for 4 June 2027 has the rest of the day.
When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Krittika, ruled by the Sun.
Shani Jayanti in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Shani Jayanti 2026 | 16 May 2026 | Saturday |
| Shani Jayanti 2027 | 4 June 2027 | Friday |
| Shani Jayanti 2028 | 24 May 2028 | Wednesday |
Shani Jayanti 2027 comes 19 days later in the calendar year than Shani Jayanti 2026. Between Shani Jayanti 2026 and Shani Jayanti 2027 the lunation table has 13 new moons, one more than the usual twelve, because 2026 had Adhika Jyeshtha; thirteen lunations run longer than a solar year, so the date moves later.
In the 2027 table Shani Jayanti comes 15 days after Buddha Purnima and 9 days before Ganga Dussehra.
Related
Every 2027 festival is on the festival dates page and in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Shani Jayanti 2027 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.